(2022-07-20). Deaths mount, wildfires spread as heat wave shatters records across Europe. wsws.org Madrid street cleaner José Antonio González's tragic death highlights European governments' inaction and indifference to the plight of workers laboring in the heat.
(2022-07-20). Police massacre of immigrants in Melilla exposes Spain's PSOE-Podemos government. wsws.org The June 24 massacre of at least 37 refugees attempting to cross the Moroccan border into Spain constitutes a political indictment of Spain's ruling, pseudo-left Podemos party.
(2022-07-19). Europe Facing Major Economic Crisis from Sanctions Campaign Against Russia. news.antiwar.com The US-led sanctions campaign against Russia has done nothing to stop the war in Ukraine or hurt Vladimir Putin, but the toll continues to mount on Western economies and there are The euro has reached a 20-year low against the dollar, inflation is at a record-high 8.6%, and economists are predicting a recession if the EU is cut off from Russian gas. Russia has already stopped supplying some EU members for their refusal to pay in rubles…
(2022-07-19). U.S. military biological activities warrant closest attention: Lavrov. ecns.cn In an article published on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for closest attention to the Pentagon's military biological activities around the world.
(2022-07-19). Major events expected in Russian-Iranian relations soon. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) — Russia and Iran are actively developing bilateral cooperation and major events are expected to take place in their relations, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said.
(2022-07-19). Behind the purges in the Ukrainian state. wsws.org The sudden dismissal by Zelensky of the head of Ukraine's Security Services and the chief prosecutor amid the opening of treason investigations into 651 state officials clearly indicates a major crisis within the regime.
(2022-07-19). Daily Round-up | Tribal clashes in Sudan result in 65 deaths & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of tribal clashes in Sudan, protests in Panama, agitations in UK against deportations in Rwanda, and the heat wave in Europe…
(2022-07-19). Washington threatens Tehran, Moscow with more sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) — Threatening Iran and Russia to face more sanctions in case of any transaction of drone technology, the US State Department spokesman said that Washington will continue to watch very closely.
(2022-07-19). Surge of the BA.5 Omicron subvariant sweeps Europe, North and South America, Japan. wsws.org Every country but China is turning a blind eye to the catastrophe wreaked by repeated waves of COVID-19.
(2022-07-19). Women Protest Iran's Hijab And Chastity Day By Removing Their Veils In Public. juancole.com By RFE/RL's Radio Farda | Iranian women's rights activists posted videos of themselves publicly removing their veils on July 12 to coincide with National Day of Hijab and Chastity. The videos appeared on social media networks as women — and in some cases men — expressed their opposition to Iran's law mandating that women …
(2022-07-19). Russia fines Google 369 mln USD for not removing banned info. ecns.cn A court in Moscow ruled on Monday to fine Google LLC 21.077 billion rubles (about 369 million U.S. dollars) for repeated failure to delete content prohibited in Russia.
(2022-07-19). PSL Editorial — Deadly heat wave sweeping Europe highlights criminal inaction on climate crisis. liberationnews.org 
The unfolding disaster in Europe has rightfully drawn global attention to the woefully inadequate action taken by the governments of the wealthy capitalist countries to address the climate change crisis.
(2022-07-19). Global banks privately prepare for 'dangerous levels' of imminent civil unrest in Western homelands. canadiandimension.com Photo by Roscoe Myrick/ Global banks and investment firms are bracing themselves for an "unprecedented" upsurge in civil unrest in the US, UK and Europe as energy and food price spikes are set to drive costs of living to astronomical levels, Byline Times can exclusively reveal. | The information comes from the head of a 'financial institutions group'—which provides expertise and advisory services to other banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions—at one of the largest investment firms in the US.
(2022-07-19). Six Theses on Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Yanis Iqbal Jul 16, 2022 | 1.- During the Middle Ages and early modern period, the West occupied a marginal position in the world-system. In the Middle East, China, Japan and India, productive forces were equally or more developed. The emergence of capitalism in Europe was driven by intensifying class antagonisms between the feudal ruling classes and peasants and artisans, which resulted in the victory of the latter. Similar conflicts in China, Japan, India and the Middle East could not create a bourgeois rupture due to the entrenched power of landed elites and state bureaucracies, which discouraged merc…
(2022-07-19). Progressives demonstrate in German tourist island of Sylt protesting social inequalities. peoplesdispatch.org The ruling class and the rich in Germany continue partying in resorts while the majority of the population is reeling under an acute cost of living crisis…
(2022-07-19). Europe's "apocalypse of heat" highlights capitalism's climate crisis. wsws.org Thousands are dying, vast swaths of land are burning, and harvests are being destroyed as global warming makes heat waves and droughts ever more frequent and severe.
(2022-07-19). Britain's leading health journals the BMJ and HSJ warn: "The NHS is not living with Covid, it's dying from it." wsws.org This week the World Health Organization reported that coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infections globally. Hospitalisation rates have doubled.
(2022-07-18). Xiaomi assessing reasons for 3.2m euro fine in Italy. ecns.cn Xiaomi Corp said it was assessing the reasons behind a 3.2 million euro fine ($3.2 million) by an Italian regulator, as it has always adhered to legal and compliance operations, abiding by local relevant laws and regulations.
(2022-07-19). Iran preparing documents to join SCO: envoy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) — Tehran is preparing the necessary documents to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said.
(2022-07-19). What you need to know about the BA.5 omicron variant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cases of COVID-19 are once again surging in the U.S., and the BA.5 omicron variant is fueling this latest wave, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, says the BA.5 variant is hypercontagious and is contributing to increases in hospitalizations and ICU admissions. A new study published in Nature found the variant was four times more resistant to messenger RNA vaccines than earlier strains of…
(2022-07-19). European heat wave devastates France. wsws.org The entire Mediterranean basin is experiencing a wave of intense forest fires amidst the region's second heat wave in as many months.
(2022-07-18). Three Illuminating Quotes about the War in Ukraine. transcend.org 12 Jul 2022 – John Pilger, Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges have lent their expertise to the subject of the war in Ukraine with some recent comments that help bring some much-needed clarity to an often confusing and always contentious issue. Here they are:…
(2022-07-18). The West Is Experiencing a Contraction of Its Power, Not Necessarily Its Decline. transcend.org 15 Jul 2022 – With the same ease with which they foresee being able to reduce Russia (one of the largest nuclear power in the world) to a vassal state or bring it to ruin, they foresee neutralizing China (which is on its way to becoming the first world economy) and soon provoking a war in Taiwan, (like the one in Ukraine) to achieve that purpose. On the other hand, the history of empires shows that contraction goes hand in hand with decline, and that decline is irreversible and entails much human suffering.
(2022-07-18). Ukraine: End War. Lift Sanctions. transcend.org 11 Jul 2022 – NATO's hardline position on expansion and membership is further reinforced by a motive which has become more obvious in the course of the war. Some members of NATO and the US leadership are keen to exploit the war to emasculate Russia as a military power. This is why they would like to prolong the war.
(2022-07-18). In Ukraine, a Proxy War on the Planet. transcend.org 15 Jul 2022 – As the Ukraine crisis causes global havoc, US officials won't negotiate with Russia to end the fighting — and are even willing to "countenance" mounting hunger as a result.
(2022-07-18). NATO exploits Picasso's anti-war 'Guernica'. workers.org 
By Renán Vega Cantor This article from El Colectivo, July 7, edited by María Piedad Ossaba of lapluma.net and translated by John Catalinotto, refers to events at the June 28-30 NATO Summit in Spain. The photo is outrageous, although at first glance it appears harmless: A group of women are . . . |
(2022-07-18). (Italiano) Perché la NATO è antiquata, pericolosa e merita di essere abolita. transcend.org 13 Luglio 2022 – Da un punto di vista analitico del conflitto è ragionevole dire che la Russia è responsabile della guerra ma che la NATO con la sua espansione noncurante, contro tutte le promesse fatte alla Russia e una serie di ammonimenti d'esperti è responsabile del conflitto soggiacente. Discutiamo del mondo post-NATO.
(2022-07-18). Political 'Lame Ducks' are Fleeing the European Union. journal-neo.org 
The West, in its intention to hurt Russia with sanctions, has shot itself in the foot, many media outlets have been writing for a while now. The result is high inflation, energy and food shortages, recession, and many political and social problems that Europeans don't know how to deal with. The IMF itself admits that …
(2022-07-18). The World is Changing and the Rich Nations Need to Take Notice. journal-neo.org 
One of the notable features of recent years has been the increasing division between the planet's rich powers and the rest. The former group consists primarily of the European nations, plus the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. It has increasingly tried to expand its influence, most obviously at the recent meeting of …
(2022-07-18). DPRK Recognizes Donetsk and Lugansk. journal-neo.org 
July 13, 2022 North Korea has officially recognized the independence of the DPR and LPR, becoming the third country in the world after Russia and Syria to do so. DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui sent her counterparts in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics the following letters: "…the DPRK government has decided to recognize the …
(2022-07-18). The B61-12 Mini-Nukes "Made in America" Coming Soon to Italy, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands. transcend.org 15 Jul 2022 – To Be Used in "a Nuclear First Strike" – Europe is thus being turned by the U.S. into the front line of a nuclear confrontation with Russia, even more dangerous than that of the Cold War.